Lebanon accuses the IDF of stealing goats. Twice.

Last week, Lebanese media reported that the IDF had stolen 500 goats from a hapless shepherd in southern Lebanon. 

The official Lebanese news agency reported that  "a hostile Israeli force stole 500 goats and took them into the occupied territories, after shooting over the head of one of their shepherds, west of the Samaqah site in the outskirts of the town of Kfarshouba, Hasbaya district."

I'm trying to picture IDF soldiers leading 500 goats across the Blue Line, and I'm having a hard time of it.

But the story doesn't end there. No, the evil Jews were unhappy with the first batch of goats, and went back into Lebanon and stole another hundred goats on Saturday!

Lebanese media claimed that "an Israeli army foot patrol kidnapped 100 goats belonging to a shepherd in the town of Shebaa, in the Hasbaya district."

UNIFIL does not mention these incidents on its webpage. The IDF is tight-lipped about this matter, clearly because of its national security implications. Hezbollah media is not forthcoming. 

It is hard to know what happened. Perhaps the goats were meant to be IDF pets? Ecologically sensitive lawn mowers for IDF bases? Schwarma? 

There is clearly a secret mission going on here. Possibly the goats were Israeli spies who had finished their duties and were being retired and put out to pasture after a job well done.

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